Vivienne van den Assem

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Vivienne van den Assem
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Van den Assem in 2018
Born
Vivienne Linette van den Assem

(1983-11-15) 15 November 1983 (age 40)
Netherlands
Occupations
  • Actress
  • presenter
Website Official website

Vivienne Linette van den Assem (born 15 November 1983) is a Dutch actress and presenter.

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Life

Youth

Van den Assem spent her childhood in Oud-Beijerland. She attended the atheneum at the CSG Willem van Oranje. In her fourth class of the atheneum, she combined school with acting. In the summer holidays between the fifth and sixth year she moved to The Hague. Van den Assem completed the atheneum and followed a course in production support at the Netherlands Film and Television Academy.

Career

After she started playing, dancing and singing at Jeugdtheater Hofplein from her thirteenth lessons, she got her first role in Goudkust [1] as Sophie Bergman. She fulfilled her role from 2000 to 2001. Then she played in the film Emergency Exit [2] and she started the role of Lizzy Vehmeijer in Onderweg naar Morgen . [1] She fulfilled her last role until 2003.

In the theatre van den Assem played in De Bruiloft (1998), Nieuwe Gods (1999), Twelfth Night (2000) and En als het mijn beurt is zal ik zeggen dat het prachtig was en dat ik het voor geen goud had willen missen (2001).

Van den Assem played in Zoop [1] on Nickelodeon and the films Zoop in Africa [2] and Zoop in India . [2] Van den Assem only saw a few scenes in Zoop in South America [2] that were all recorded in the Netherlands.

In the period from 2004 to 2007 Van den Assem, together with Chris Silos, presented the television programme At Nick on Nickelodeon. [3] On the occasion of the World Cup 2006, the variation Nick At Goes WK was made.

As a substitute for At Nick, Van den Assem presented Supernick [3] together with Patrick Martens around 2007.

Van den Assem presented together with Chris Silos the Nickelodeon Netherlands Kids' Choice Awards of 2005, in 2007 she also did this, then together with Patrick Martens. [3] In 2007 she herself was nominated in the category Best TV Star, she ended behind actress Loek Beernink. She received awards at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards of 2005 in Rotterdam Ahoy:

Besides acting she is also active in the music world, she sang on the singles; Wat ik wil met Kerstmis... ben jij! and Kon het elke dag maar Kerstmis zijn.

Since 2006 Van den Assem is the ambassador of Kids against Violence.

Van den Assem dubbed in 2007 of the penguin Lani in the Dutch version of the animated film Surf's Up . [4] She also dubbed EVE in the Disney Pixar film WALL-E . [4]

From 2008 Van den Assem performs the role of Sonja Zelenko in the Dutch crime series Deadline [1] (VARA). In 2009 Van den Assem participated in Wie is de Mol? [3] in Northern Ireland and Jordan. She won the game, and got a pot of 22,650 euros, with as mole Jon van Eerd.

From October 2010 she takes the presentation of Te leuk om waar te zijn for Zapp for her account. She also gave the points for the Netherlands in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012.

Since 2016 she is one of the presenters of the morning programme Goedemorgen Nederland at NPO 1.

From 2 January 2017 she was in the new programming on NPO Radio 2. Van den Assem will present once a week from 02:00 to 04:00.

Filmography/Television

Films

YearTitleRole
2000De Straat
2001Emergency ExitSuzanne
2004Gay
2005 Zoop in Africa Elise Pardoel
2006 Het Woeden der Gehele Wereld Ruth Oberstein
Zoop in India Elise Pardoel
Piet Piraat en het Vliegende SchipMarilyn
Het mysterie van de verdwenen kerstcadeautjesHerself
2007 Zoop in South America Elise Pardoel
Surf's Up Lani
2008 WALL-E EVE
2009Wat is daarop uw antwoord?Deborah
2012Mees KeesJuf Sanne
2014Mees Kees op de planken
2016Hart BeatLilian

TV series

YearsTitleRole
2000–01 Goudkust Sophie Bergman
2001–03 Onderweg naar Morgen Lizzy Vehmeijer
2004–06 Zoop Elise Pardoel
2006Man & PaardRobin Willems
2008–10DeadlineSonja Zelenko
2012Zaak ZappendaelHerself
Zaak Zappendael: The Movie
2013 Flikken Maastricht Informant Tonja Lacroix
2015Meiden van de HerengrachtFashion designer Reina Borst

Guest roles

YearTitleRole
2002Trauma 24/7Sandra de Ridder
2006JulianaAnna Roëll

Presentation

YearsTitleRole
2004–05Kids Choice JournaalPresenter
2005–07At Nick
2005, 2007 Nickelodeon Netherlands Kids' Choice Awards
2006, 2008Veerhaven Junior Concert
2007Bij Sinterklaas
De Nieuwste ShowReporter
SupernickPresenter
2009 Wie is de Mol? Participant; Winner
2010Wie wordt Kruimeltje?Presenter
2010–13Te leuk om waar te zijn
Zapp Sport
2011–12Mijn vader is de beste
2012 Nationaal Songfestival
Ambassadeur voor 1 dag
Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Gave points on behalf of the Netherlands
2012–13SpetterslotPressenter
2013–14Zapplive
2013–presentSchooltv - Nieuws uit de Natuur
2014Zapp your planetParticipant
2015 MolTalk Presenter
2016–presentGoedemorgen Nederland

Discography

Single with possible hit notation(s) in the Dutch Top 40 YearDate of entryNo. of weeksHighest positionComments
Wat ik wil met Kerstmis... ben jij!200524 Dec 2005103with Kus and Chris Silos
Kon het elke dag maar Kerstmis zijn200623 Dec 200663with Kus, Chris Silos and René Froger
Bij sinterklaas!200625 Dec 2006Single for programme Bij Sinterklaas

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